Love is in the air.. Or I guess not

Tanada wrote:


If you lived in complicated times, then I guess most of us have as well.
Thank you both (Helen and Gordon) for the explainations. I think I'd
still have a problem figuring it all out if I had to do the old system.
But it's more interesting and varied than the US system using base ten.

As does the "metric" system. I've often wondered, though -
it's obvious that counting by base ten arose from the fact
that humans have ten fingers, but how did base twelve arise?
Was there a time in pre-history when people in Britain had
six fingers on each hand? (And when it comes to linear
measure, there are twelve inches to a foot.)

"EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)" wrote in message
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Tanada wrote:


If you lived in complicated times, then I guess most of us have as well.
Thank you both (Helen and Gordon) for the explainations. I think I'd
still have a problem figuring it all out if I had to do the old system.
But it's more interesting and varied than the US system using base ten.

As does the "metric" system. I've often wondered, though - it's obvious
that counting by base ten arose from the fact that humans have ten
fingers, but how did base twelve arise? Was there a time in pre-history
when people in Britain had six fingers on each hand? (And when it comes to
linear measure, there are twelve inches to a foot.)


I still use linear measure. I was taught it at school, along with pounds,
shillings and pence. I can invisage exactly something that is a foot, three
feet, six feet or an inch long or wide. Tell me in cms and I'm lost.
I suspect my grandmother was right when she said decimal currency came in to
raise the price of everything. by x 2.
I can still calculate in £sd too. When I was quite a little girl, I was
very keen on horse-riding, and I dearly wanted to have a pair of jodhpurs,
outside the scope of my mom's budget at 5 guineas. Huge price. I saved up
my pocket money, half a crown a week, 8 to a pound, so I needed 40 odd weeks
of saving. I set out to do it. I got half way there when my godfather
matched what I'd saved. He never indicated that he would. He's been dead
for years, but I'll never forget that he did that and I got my special
"horse-riding trousers." I went on eventually to get my own horse. It
wasn't a flash in the pan interest. I couldn't afford one that was broken
in so I got a two year old and broke her in myself. Ouch, ouch and ouch. We
parted company quite a number of times. Did it though ;-)) I was 18.
Just a few OT childhood memories, hope you all don't mind. I was a country
child.

Tweed

"EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)" wrote in message
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Tanada wrote:


If you lived in complicated times, then I guess most of us have as well.
Thank you both (Helen and Gordon) for the explainations. I think I'd
still have a problem figuring it all out if I had to do the old system.
But it's more interesting and varied than the US system using base ten.

As does the "metric" system. I've often wondered, though - it's obvious
that counting by base ten arose from the fact that humans have ten
fingers, but how did base twelve arise? Was there a time in pre-history
when people in Britain had six fingers on each hand? (And when it comes to
linear measure, there are twelve inches to a foot.)


I still use linear measure. I was taught it at school, along with pounds,
shillings and pence. I can invisage exactly something that is a foot, three
feet, six feet or an inch long or wide. Tell me in cms and I'm lost.
I suspect my grandmother was right when she said decimal currency came in to
raise the price of everything. by x 2.
I can still calculate in £sd too. When I was quite a little girl, I was
very keen on horse-riding, and I dearly wanted to have a pair of jodhpurs,
outside the scope of my mom's budget at 5 guineas. Huge price. I saved up
my pocket money, half a crown a week, 8 to a pound, so I needed 40 odd weeks
of saving. I set out to do it. I got half way there when my godfather
matched what I'd saved. He never indicated that he would. He's been dead
for years, but I'll never forget that he did that and I got my special
"horse-riding trousers." I went on eventually to get my own horse. It
wasn't a flash in the pan interest. I couldn't afford one that was broken
in so I got a two year old and broke her in myself. Ouch, ouch and ouch. We
parted company quite a number of times. Did it though ;-)) I was 18.
Just a few OT childhood memories, hope you all don't mind. I was a country
child.

Tweed

Tweed wrote:

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Just a few OT childhood memories, hope you all don't mind. I was a country
child.

What a lovely reminiscence. Thanks. It's nice to hear about a child
so determined to persevere as you obviously were.

Regards and Purrs,
O J

Tweed wrote:

---------------------snip----------------------
Just a few OT childhood memories, hope you all don't mind. I was a country
child.

What a lovely reminiscence. Thanks. It's nice to hear about a child
so determined to persevere as you obviously were.

Regards and Purrs,
O J

Exocat wrote:
The phrase would be spoken as "just my tuppenceworth" or possibly
"just my two-pennyworth" depending on region.

I'm afraid nowadays it's pretty boring: 100 pence = 1 pound.

But in the old days (until February 1971) our coinage was like this:

Farthing (a quarter of a penny)
Halfpenny ((pronounced haypney) half a penny)
Penny (a two-hundred-and-fortieth of a pound)
Threepence ((pronounded thruppence) three pennies, came as an 8-sided
coin)
Sixpence ((or Tanner) six pennies, the first silver-coloured coin)
Shilling ((or Bob) twelve pennies, twentieth of a pound)
Florin ((2 shillings) ie twenty-four pennies or tenth of a pound)
Half-Crown ((2.5 shillings, or "2 bob and a tanner") an eighth of a
pound)
Crown ((5 shillings, or "5 bob") a quarter of a pound) [dropped in the
50's]
Ten Shillings ((our first paper denomination) half a pound
The Pound Sterling (A quid, or a Nicker)
The Guinea ((traditionally gold) one pound and one shilling
The Sovereign ((always solid gold) varies with the bullion price, say
40 poundish)

Hope that helps :-)

Thanks for reminding me what wonderful complicated old times I lived
in!

Purrs

Gordon & the TT

I wonder if we'll ever have to get used to the Euro? ;-)
--
Adrian (Owned by Snoopy & Bagheera)
A house is not a home, without a cat.

Exocat wrote:
The phrase would be spoken as "just my tuppenceworth" or possibly
"just my two-pennyworth" depending on region.

I'm afraid nowadays it's pretty boring: 100 pence = 1 pound.

But in the old days (until February 1971) our coinage was like this:

Farthing (a quarter of a penny)
Halfpenny ((pronounced haypney) half a penny)
Penny (a two-hundred-and-fortieth of a pound)
Threepence ((pronounded thruppence) three pennies, came as an 8-sided
coin)
Sixpence ((or Tanner) six pennies, the first silver-coloured coin)
Shilling ((or Bob) twelve pennies, twentieth of a pound)
Florin ((2 shillings) ie twenty-four pennies or tenth of a pound)
Half-Crown ((2.5 shillings, or "2 bob and a tanner") an eighth of a
pound)
Crown ((5 shillings, or "5 bob") a quarter of a pound) [dropped in the
50's]
Ten Shillings ((our first paper denomination) half a pound
The Pound Sterling (A quid, or a Nicker)
The Guinea ((traditionally gold) one pound and one shilling
The Sovereign ((always solid gold) varies with the bullion price, say
40 poundish)

Hope that helps :-)

Thanks for reminding me what wonderful complicated old times I lived
in!

Purrs

Gordon & the TT

I wonder if we'll ever have to get used to the Euro? ;-)
--
Adrian (Owned by Snoopy & Bagheera)
A house is not a home, without a cat.

Adrian wrote:

Exocat wrote:

snippage

Thanks for reminding me what wonderful complicated old times I lived
in!

Purrs

Gordon & the TT


I wonder if we'll ever have to get used to the Euro? ;-)

We've had it for nearly three years, but I still convert everything to
Marks.

--
Marina, Frank and Nikki
marina (dot) kurten (at) pp (dot) inet (dot) fi
Pics at http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/frankiennikki/
and http://community.webshots.com/user/frankiennikki

Adrian wrote:

Exocat wrote:

snippage

Thanks for reminding me what wonderful complicated old times I lived
in!

Purrs

Gordon & the TT


I wonder if we'll ever have to get used to the Euro? ;-)

We've had it for nearly three years, but I still convert everything to
Marks.

--
Marina, Frank and Nikki
marina (dot) kurten (at) pp (dot) inet (dot) fi
Pics at http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/frankiennikki/
and http://community.webshots.com/user/frankiennikki

I wonder if we'll ever have to get used to the Euro? ;-)

I do hope so!

Cheers, helen s
(confirmed Europhile)

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